CVE-2021-40098 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in Concrete CMS through 8.5.5. Path Traversal leading to RCE via external form by adding a regular expression.

Published: 2021-09-27

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 1.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:concretecms:concrete_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-27287	An issue was discovered in Concrete CMS through 8.5.5. Path Traversal leading to RCE via external form by adding a regular expression.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01626.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://documentation.concretecms.org/developers/introduction/version-history/856-release-notes
https://hackerone.com/reports/1102080

History

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Subscriptions

Concretecms Concrete Cms

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-09-27T11:08:16.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T02:27:31.489Z

Reserved: 2021-08-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-40098

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-27T12:15:08.007

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:06:31.030

Link: CVE-2021-40098

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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